Friday 25 May is hand in day @The Mill for the Furniture Recreation Competition. The judging takes place on Saturday 26 May at 2pm.
The six lucky winners will be on show @The Mill, subject to size restrictions!
This competition aims to excite people by the possibilities and environmental benefits of reuse furniture. It is open for anyone to enter as an individual or as a team.
There are only two rules
- The finished product has to have a practical use as a household item
- The upcycled item has to visibly incorporate at least one piece of existing bit of furniture in its design.
Exhibition and prizes
- All entries will be exhibited at The Mill on Saturday 26 to Sunday 27 May
- Awards will be made to two categories – professional and amateur
- The winners will be announced in a ceremony at The Mill, 2pm on Saturday 26 May
- A judging panel of renowned local designers and arts coordinators to be announced.
First Prize: Meal for two at The Hornbeam Cafe, one year’s Free Community Repaint membership (worth up to £50), five hours use of Inky Cuttlefish Screen Printing Studio or an etching taster workshop at Inky Cuttlefish.
Second Prize: Meal for two at The Hornbeam Cafe and one years Free Community Repaint membership worth up to £50
Third Prize: Coffee and Cake for two at The Hornbeam Cafe and one years Free Community Repaint membership worth up to £25
How to enter
- Visit the FRP Reuse Centre Monday – Thursday 10am – 4pm and ask to register, http://www.frponline.org.uk/
- For £3 you can select a piece of furniture that is broken or deemed up fit for sale
- You can also collect to up 2.5 litres of household paint for free
- If you’ve found your own piece of unloved furniture to use please email poppy@frponline.org.uk to register to take part in the competition for free
- Deliver your finished creation to The Mill, 7-11Coppermill Lane, Walthamstow, London E17 7HA anytime on Friday 25 May.
If you can’t deliver it then please phone FRP on 020 8539 3856 to arrange an alternative.
Why upcycle
‘10 million items of furniture are thrown away in the UK every year. Three million of these items could be easily re-used; more could be repaired.’
Reusing furniture saves raw materials and the CO₂ emissions associated with making something new. It is also socially very beneficial by enabling people to access household goods at a lower cost.
Reuseing an averaged sized double wardrobe could save over 200kg of CO₂, equivalent emissions of making a new laptop.
This competition is supported by Inky Cuttlefish Studios